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    • a 'witness' to it not arriving till the 15th is sadly immaterial too. regardless to the above anyway, the PCN remains valid. 
    • Hmm yes I see your point about proof of postage but nonetheless... "A Notice to Keeper can be served by ordinary post and the Protection of Freedoms Act requires that the Notice, to be valid,  must be delivered either (Where a notice to driver (parking ticket) has been served) Not earlier than 28 days after, nor more than 56 days after, the service of that notice to driver; or (Where no notice to driver has been served (e.g ANPR is used)) Not later than 14 days after the vehicle was parked A notice sent by post is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been delivered on the second working day after the day on which it is posted; and for this purpose “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England and Wales." My question there is really what might constitute proof? Since you say the issue of delivery is a common one I suppose that no satisfactory answer has been established or you would probably have told me.
    • I would stand your ground and go for the interest. Even if the interest is not awarded you will get the judgement and the worst that might happen is that you won't get your claim fee.  However, it is almost inevitable that you will get the interest.  It is correct that it is at the discretion of the judge but the discretion is almost always exercised in favour of the claimant in these cases.  I think you should stand your ground and don't give even the slightest penny away Another judgement against them on this issue would be very bad for them and they would be really stupid to risk it but if they did, it would cost them far more than the interest they are trying to save which they will most likely have to pay anyway
    • Yep, true to form, they are happy to just save a couple of quid... They invariably lose in court, so to them, that's a win. 😅
    • Your concern regarding the 14 days delivery is a common one. Not been on the forum that long, but I don't think the following thought has ever been challenged. My view is that they should have proof of when it was posted, not when they "issued", or printed it. Of course, they would never show any proof of postage, unless it went to court. Private parking companies are simply after money, and will just keep sending ever more threatening letters to intimidate you into paying up. It's not been mentioned yet, but DO NOT APPEAL! You could inadvertently give up useful legal protection and they will refuse any appeal, because they're just after the cash...  
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      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

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      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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Hi all,

 

I have started to claim my charges back I am still in the early stages,

I recived six years of bank statements on the 7th Dec, trawled through them and sent Preliminary approach for repayment giving them 14 days from 7th Dec to reply, im kind of nervously enjoying this, just hope it pays off.

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I have just recived this from A&L Is this normal?

 

dear mr cooke

I have noted your comments that you belive the charges that have been raised on your account to be unfair, please be assured our charges are reasonable and are competitve with the charges made by other financial organisations.

 

The office of fair trading has commented that they consider the level of late payment charges to be unfair, however they were actually referring to late payment fes for credit card payments, which are quite distinct from a banks charges on current accounts,

 

As yet the OFT have not entered into any discussions with the banking industry regarding current accounts. However should that possition change in the future, then alliance & Leicester will participate as appropriate.

 

Given above, I cannot accept you have been unfairly charged as you suggest. I regret , therefore, that I am unable to agree to your request for a refund of charges on yhis occasion.

 

I am sorry if you are dissapointed with my responce, but as the charges have been raised correctly in line with the terms and conditions of your account they must stand.

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:confused: Hi everyone, I'm new to the site and looking to speak to A&L about the way they treat their customers even after 20+ years, more fool me for not moving around! Could anyone tell me how much A&L charged them for 6 years statements. I've tried checking online but they won't even go back to May 06! Thanks.
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Hi , A/L paid out in full in Dec but now they have adv me they will be closing my acc on 14th Feb. I need to leave nil balance but currently have £500 o/d which I use upto the last penny every month. (single parent etc...stuggling permanently) They have told me they will put a default on my acc if not paid off in full, (which I cant do) also in middle of going thru court with ex husband taking mortgage over on in my name (so dont need a default as will be hard getting mortgage. But since they have paid me out they have applied two further bank charges to my acct so was going to apply for them and prolong process by saying acc in dispute - can anyone give me advice?? Urgently - PLEASSSSEEEEEE

CHARLIE

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